The Scarlet City: A Novel of 16th-century ItalyAcademy Chicago Publishers, 2005 - 368 pagina's Although he bears one of the most notorious names in all of Italy, Giovanni Borgia doesn't know his parentage. Hella Haasse uses the Italian Wars as a backdrop for Giovanni's agonizing quest for his identity. Set against the backdrop of the Italian wars, this novel seeks to unravel the puzzle of Giovanni Borgia's true identity. Machiavelli, Vittoria Colonna, Michelangelo, the Borgias and the Medici are some of the characters who inhabit the secretive and dangerous world of sixteenthcentury Rome. |
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Pagina 106
... father , the lawful duke , was deposed and finally poisoned by his blood kinsman Ludovico il Moro ; how her mother was insulted and humiliated , and her brother , still a child , was taken away and rendered harmless . " Il Moro , that ...
... father , the lawful duke , was deposed and finally poisoned by his blood kinsman Ludovico il Moro ; how her mother was insulted and humiliated , and her brother , still a child , was taken away and rendered harmless . " Il Moro , that ...
Pagina 195
... father , my brothers , that I should be a virgin . It was in the interest of my father , my brothers , that I should re- marry an Aragon . I had no choice . " " That child who might be me -- who fathered him ? ” " Don't ask any more ...
... father , my brothers , that I should be a virgin . It was in the interest of my father , my brothers , that I should re- marry an Aragon . I had no choice . " " That child who might be me -- who fathered him ? ” " Don't ask any more ...
Pagina 220
... father if in my time I hadn't kept myself in hand day in and day out ? I knew what I wanted . I worked hard on myself . You have to make yourself irreplaceable , the most beautiful , the most well - in- formed , the most desirable , the ...
... father if in my time I hadn't kept myself in hand day in and day out ? I knew what I wanted . I worked hard on myself . You have to make yourself irreplaceable , the most beautiful , the most well - in- formed , the most desirable , the ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 9 |
The Italian Wars | 11 |
Giovanni Borgia | 17 |
Copyright | |
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